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Dispensing Systems for Dosing Two-Component Silicones

Dosing systems should offer easy adjustment of the mixing ratio.
April 2, 2018

Silicones are some of the most versatile connecting materials available and can be used across a huge range of applications. In addition, the ongoing development of silicones is opening new applications in the industry for future production methods, leading to a need for new processing systems for both one- and two-component materials.


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Strategic Solutions

Beyond Adhesion

Disruptive innovation has impacted transportation applications of adhesives and sealants.
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Aggie Lotz Daniel S. Murad
March 9, 2018
Broadly speaking, a market disruptor may include a technology, method, process, service, or channel with superior performance and customer benefits delivered at an attractive price point that can unexpectedly displace an incumbent. Porter’s Five Forces, created by Harvard Business School’s then-associate professor Michael E. Porter, Ph.D., has provided a framework for taking a “snapshot in time” of any potential threat to a business’ profits (not limited to a business losing its customers to an existing rival.
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U.S. Chemical Production Has Soft Start

During January, chemical output reportedly fell in all regions.
March 6, 2018

The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell 0.4% in January, following a 2.2% gain in December, and a 1.8% gain in November.


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Indianapolis American Coatings Show

Indianapolis to Host American Coatings Show

March 1, 2018
At the last American Coatings Show event in 2016, more than 9,100 industry attendees and 559 exhibitors shared knowledge about recent developments in raw materials, laboratory and production equipment, testing and measuring equipment, and services for the coatings industry.
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High-Accuracy Filling Equipment and Automation Improves Production Operations

One of the most underrated and miscalculated factors in production is filling accuracy and its significant impact on ROI and annual savings.
March 1, 2018
The U.S. reduction of the federal corporate tax rate from 37% to 21% starting in 2018, paired with new federal tax rules, 1 are accelerating plans for automation and modernization in U.S. factories by giving manufacturers incentive to buy new machinery and boost productivity.
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Nanomaterials in production

Nanomaterials in the Workplace

Where do adhesives and sealants manufacturers’ responsibilities lie when nanomaterials are used in the production process?
Ian Marshall Ben Grebot Caroline Raine
March 1, 2018
In a recent survey, the UK’s National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) asked its clients and stakeholders whether they or their employees were concerned of the risk that nanomaterials may pose to their workforce. Almost a quarter of responders to the question replied that they were.
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